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Freak

I don't mean to sound presumptuous, but I have to imagine there's a better way to go about this draft. It's expecting a lot from the people who signed up -- many of them not real fantasy veterans, or even big sports fans -- to provide a 14-deep list for every round, AND to be pretty much constantly online (within a 2-hour window, that is), waiting for their pick.

I understand the inconvenience of a live draft, given the different time zones and certain posters' availability during those times -- but it would be a brief inconvenience, and we would get it out of the way quickly. The way you've set up the draft so far, it would be a long, drawn-out inconvenience.

I have a few suggestions, neither of which are perfect. First, we should find out how many managers are overseas, or in equally-non-North-American timezones. If it's only one or two, maybe they just have to suck it up and realize it comes with the territory (kind of like me getting stuck with the 14th pick).

I think a live draft is most ideal, run directly through NFL.com (assuming they do that) or Yahoo! (which is what I've always used, and been happy with) -- schedule it far enough in advance, put thought into choosing a start-time, keep warning people as draft-day approaches.

Otherwise, if you really want to draft via Monk's, some kind of "draft schedule" might work. Like, every pick in the draft is scheduled to begin with, so that the sixth pick of the third round is to take place between 16:00 and 18:00 on June 28th. That way, people at least will have a guarantee when their pick is going to take place, and will be able to PM you a short-list of selections if it so happens that they can't be online then. It's a lot better than constantly having to check in here.

Again, I'm only trying to help, and I'm sorry if it looks like I'm trying to one-up you. I've had a lot of fantasy football experience, and I know the tendencies of this message board (and its past fantasy leagues) pretty well.

Jayman

Super Moderator

I don't want to piss you off either Griff, but I agree with Freak. If you are polling for who-wants-what-type of draft, I agree with a live draft. This way, we can also have it done within a matter of hours, and can have it closer to the season. Injuries, suspensions, and late scratches happen between June and September. Personally, I would rather have it a little closer to the season because I have in no way been playing as close attention to football as I am later in the summer.

But again, I am only one opinion. I would like to hear others.

I would not be able to adhere to the "2 hour" rule, even if it's during the weekday because I am at work, and things come up here which disallow me to be at a computer for hours at a time. In addition, the way I draft is I see how players are being drafted, etc. and possibly change strategies or picks depending on how others are. So giving you 14 rounds of players would be tough to do.


Once again, I'm sorry if I'm coming off as a whiner Griff. I am just 1 of 14 in this league, so I'm curious to hear from the rest and what they think.

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Griff0rd

TNA Moderator

I understand what you are saying, but I really don't see a live draft happening guys. It really would be hard to get something together for everyone for it to work out. As far as the 2 hour window goes, That's why i have people giving me a list at that time as well in case they don't pick in that time, they have a npick made. I don't think that anyone really wants an automated draft either.

AS far as Yahoo, it's a no-go. NFL.com is much better and has free live stat tracking as well. If we do have to go automated it also lets you rank what round you want to pick which selection, so there is still more strategy to it.

As far as telling overseas people tough goes, that's not going to happen either. I will not discourage one person from taking part of any activity that we have due to their nationality or where they live. We will find a way to get this done. I will look into a time when we might be able to go with a live draft, but many of us have families and may not be able to attend something like that in the pm.

We may end up trying to do this as I originally planned... with someone getting their pick in within an hour or 2 hour window, but giving me a list of their top pick choices for that round so that i can make their selection for them in case they are away. We would only be drafting one round at a time, so I would only be asking for whatever pick you wanted to shoot for in that round only... not all 14 at once... that would be insane.

If a time can not be agreed upon by Monday then we will try to start the draft like this... and if that doesn't work and we can't agree on a time we'll go through the automated system on NFL.com

Griff0rd

TNA Moderator

ok so nfl.com is not letting us do it for 14 teams unless we purchase the manager for 130 dollars. So we are going on yahoo.com. I have sent everyone a pm giving some instructions to signing up on yahoo... there has been some confusion so let me go a little more in depth for you...

go here... http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

Click on the link that say Football'07.... do not click on the Football PLUS 07 link...

on this page there should be a sign up now or join league link or tab... click it and enter the league id. Which is 91293... the password will be monksdiner... once you do this it will have you name your team and select a logo and such.


Once we do a draft I will fill in everyone's picks ... I hope this helps.

Danny Diamond

Founder/Admin

I finally signed up for this. Sorry for the delay.

Jayman

Super Moderator

Same.

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